Jim, I Wore A Tie Today Lyrics - Every Song Tells A Story - Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson

(Jim uh huh, Jim uh huh, Jim) 

Jim, I did everything that I could 

But your fever just wouldn't die down 

So I tied your horse to the wagon bed 

And last night I brought you to town. 

But when I got there you were gone Jim 

And there was nothin' nobody could do 

I bought you a suit and a tie Jim 

And today I wore one too. 

Jim I wore a tie today 

The first one that I ever wore 

And you'd have said I looked like a dummy 

Out of a dry goods store. 

Jim they said a lot of things 

But I don't know a thing they said 

My mind kept wanderin' off down the trail 

Back to the times that we've had. 

(Wind her through sun and the rain) 

And for gold on the cuff 

We've done everything in the book I guess 

And a lot they'd never thought up. 

Well Jim, you're ridin' on ahead 

I guess that's how it has be 

But when you reach those streets paved with gold Jim 

Stake a claim out for me...